On October 4, Beijing time, the ITTF WTT China Grand Slam tournament is underway. At present, the competition for the quarterfinals of singles has all ended, and five of the national table tennis men's singles and women's singles have advanced to the quarterfinals, and their performance is remarkable. On the Japan side, it can be described as a heavy loss, Japan has lost all four sports, men's singles, men's doubles, mixed doubles, and women's doubles have all been eliminated, leaving only women's singles player Misei Ito.
In the men's singles 1/8 finals, Sweden's Moregaard faced Japan's Tomokazu Zhangmoto. Both of them are strong rivals in national table tennis, and Moregard won two silver medals at the Paris Olympics, and he is also the runner-up in men's singles at the World Table Tennis Championships. Zhang Benzhi and fans should be very familiar with him, and he played seven games with Fan Zhendong in the Paris Olympics. In the first game, the two sides played evenly matched, and Moregard narrowly won a game 15:13.
Next, Zhang Benzhi and full firepower, 11:9, 11:4 won two games in a row, and the score was super-large. Subsequently, Moregard was not to be outdone, and pulled back a game 11:6. The game entered the deciding game, and in the deciding game, Moregard sealed the victory with a thrilling 13:11, defeating Tomokazu Zhang with a total score of 3:2 and successfully advancing to the men's singles top eight list. After the game, Zhang Benzhihe said that it was too difficult to play, the opponent had any ball, and in the Open Tournament of this station, Zhang Benzhihe once again did not receive anything.
Moregard played very consistently, after successfully qualifying, in the face of media interviews, Moregard said that he feels very good now, Moregard admitted that his opponent Tomokazu Zhang is a very strong athlete, so he has been playing very hard, but from the fourth game Moregard said that he found a suitable way, and he played more holds, and finally won the game.
Next, Moregard played against national table tennis player Xiang Peng. The latter Xiang Peng defeated France's Lebrun . Zhang Benzhihe was very frustrated after the loss, and this season's Singapore Grand Slam, Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, and China Grand Slam all stopped in the men's singles round of 16. Tomokazu Zhang said that he really wanted to be in the top 8, but he was still a little behind, so he still had to continue to work hard and strive for a breakthrough next time.
In the other men's singles 1/8 final, Denmark's Linde faced Chinese Taipei's Gao Chengrui, who defeated men's singles world No. 1 Wang Chuqin in the last round. Facing Gao Chengrui, Linde fell behind 0:2 at the beginning, and then, Linde won three games in a row with 11:9, 11:6, 11:5, and a total score of 3:2 against Gao Chengrui and successfully advanced. Next, Lin De played against Lin Shidong.